Climate averages 1991–2020
Qiaotou weather
in December.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Qiaotou: daytime highs average -0.9°C and nights cool to about -16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.8 mm of precipitation on roughly 2 days, which makes December a month with very little precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 41 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xining (35 km away). In December its highs average 1.3°C, 2.2°C warmer than Qiaotou, with 2.2 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Qiaotou ranks joint 741st of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 82nd of 884 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Qiaotou is 8.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to -1.7°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 3.8 mm to 5.0 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Qiaotou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.7°C-17.2°C | -17.2°C | 5.0 | 1.9 | 9.910 h |
| February | 1.7°C-12.8°C | -12.8°C | 8.7 | 3.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 6.4°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 25 | 6.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.3°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 42 | 9.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 16.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 73 | 13.1 | 14.114 h |
| June | 19.3°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 100 | 16.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 21.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 112 | 17.6 | 14.414 h |
| August | 20.5°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 125 | 18.8 | 13.614 h |
| September | 16.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 122 | 19.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 10.8°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 59 | 12.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 4.1°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 13 | 3.6 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | -0.9°C-16.4°C | -16.4°C | 3.8 | 1.5 | 9.710 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Xining in DecemberChina · 35 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -10.6°C · 2.2 mm precipitation
- Nianbo in DecemberChina · 83 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -10.7°C · 3.3 mm precipitation
- Wuwei in DecemberChina · 139 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -8.9°C · 1.2 mm precipitation
- Tongren (Qinghai), China in DecemberChina · 161 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -12.2°C · 6.0 mm precipitation
- Jinchang in DecemberChina · 180 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -10.2°C · 0.8 mm precipitation
- Linxia Chengguanzhen in DecemberChina · 202 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -8.7°C · 4.1 mm precipitation
- Lanzhou in DecemberChina · 217 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -5.7°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Baiyin in DecemberChina · 227 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -8.9°C · 1.6 mm precipitation
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Qiaotou) is explained once on the Qiaotou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.